Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline occurring several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. Taking place…
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is an adventure developed by Armature Studio, released 25 October 2013 on Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita.
What Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is an adventure game developed by Armature Studio and released in 2013. It was published by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita. It runs on Bluepoint Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Armature Studio and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, it is a companion game and sequel to Batman: Arkham Origins (2013), and part of the Batman: Arkham series. Set three months after Arkham Origins, the game follows Batman as he attempts to stop a prison riot at the Blackgate Penitentiary, which has been taken over by three of Gotham City's most notorious crime bosses: the Joker, the Penguin, and Black Mask. The story also depicts Batman's first encounter with Catwoman, who aids Batman throughout the game with ulterior motives.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 30 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Batman series
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is the 129th of 221 entries we hold in the Batman series. The next entry was Batman: Arkham Origins - New Millennium Skins Pack in 2013. Its critic score of 73 is almost exactly the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition at 94.
How it was received
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 71, across 53 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz; AMD Athlon X2, 2.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS; AMD Radeon HD 3850. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate launched on 25 October 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Stanley Parable. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Stanley Parable.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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